Though I have to say, while action sequences are one thing that rarely stands out as being better in the book, this one was. Neither Inigo Montoya nor Westly managed to sell me that they were exceptional duelists in the film. Of course, deliberate campiness is the name of the game in the film, so there's that.

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EothainClone Trooper
(id: Mad Mike)

posted
10-26-16 11:56 AM
EDT (US)
4 / 38

I'm quite fond of the Palpatine vs Maul vs Savage duel in The Clone Wars, mostly because I like to think that Palpatine is a surrogate for the viewer. He sees Maul and Savage gallivanting around with Black Sun and declaring themselves Mandalore and threatening to make the Clone Wars into some sort of weird three-way and he's all like "That's enough of that" and then steps in to restore some sanity to the whole thing. It made me hope all the stupid plots in TCW would be resolved by Palpatine beating someone up.

It made me hope all the stupid plots in TCW would be resolved by Palpatine beating someone up.

I feel like that would have gone something like this.

"And then Palpatine killed everyone."

Love how no one has actually answered Keno's quesion yet tho.

He asked about fifteen years too late for most of us to care.

No, she was using Force Absorb. Used to be it just worked on blasters...

Since when? In the P&P RPG at least it worked on any energy weapon, including lightsabers. Same with Jedi Academy. And KotOR2.

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True; in both games it was basically just a shield. I know one of the P&P books--don't recall if it was RCR or SAGA--depicted a Jedi using it to stop a lightsaber blade with his/her hand, though.

Zaarin | CreatorofCoruscantLifeSEdeviantArt | New Campaign Coming Soon"But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”"Most forums derails into talking about memes. Here we derail into in-depth discussions about art. I like ours better."--jssf1992

WOW... I've been waiting for this topic to get a response and it does not light up as an active topic until I click on it and realize it's been answered with 10 posts already! Why didn't it say anything!?

Seriously, which lightsaber duel was your favorite and yes, I also said which scene in which episode too.

Zaarin | CreatorofCoruscantLifeSEdeviantArt | New Campaign Coming Soon"But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”"Most forums derails into talking about memes. Here we derail into in-depth discussions about art. I like ours better."--jssf1992

Anakin versus Obi-Wan was overblown and dragged on too long until the moment that the entire trilogy was built around became boring and irritating.

Agreed. Honestly, all of the Prequel fights were well choreographed but lacked the effective storytelling of the OT fights. Like the PT themselves, they were flashy but vacuous.

To give a serious answer, then, my favorite would probably be the Luke vs. Vader fight from RotJ, which was a nice balance of choreography and storytelling.

Zaarin | CreatorofCoruscantLifeSEdeviantArt | New Campaign Coming Soon"But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”"Most forums derails into talking about memes. Here we derail into in-depth discussions about art. I like ours better."--jssf1992

ISOmetricClone Trooper

posted
11-01-16 04:40 PM
EDT (US)
15 / 38

Yoda vs Dooku. So deep.

It's a long road that has no turning - It's never too late to mend.The darkest hour is before the dawn, and even this war must end.

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster - Widely considered the galaxy's best drink, the effects of which are like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped around a large gold brick.

That's right up there with Ep.4 Obi-Wan vs. Vader, where apparently the hips and waist are the only part of the body allowed to move during the fight. *the awkward moment when you realize lightsaber fights are actually bellydancing*

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Kousoku Senkan MoffgouMoff
(id: Moff Yittreas)

posted
11-02-16 11:19 AM
EDT (US)
20 / 38

...No, if that were the case, there'd be a Mara vs Leia "practice" duel in every book and comic.

And don't forget Sir Christopher Lee's face badly pasted on a stunt double! He must have regretted agreeing to those films for the rest of his life.

Zaarin | CreatorofCoruscantLifeSEdeviantArt | New Campaign Coming Soon"But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”"Most forums derails into talking about memes. Here we derail into in-depth discussions about art. I like ours better."--jssf1992

Kousoku Senkan MoffgouMoff
(id: Moff Yittreas)

posted
11-04-16 11:15 AM
EDT (US)
26 / 38

I think he viewed them like Cushing: not the best work he did, but something for his grandchildren to have fun with. No real regrets, though.

You realize he probably agreed to be in SW because Cushing was in it, right?

What was YOUR ME3 ending: Merge with Helios, Illuminati, or Tracer Tong?"I feel like I just watched Dwayne Johnson beat a small disabled child. Except the disabled child is really an infant clone of Hitler. It's so painful to watch...but so glorious." - Cheapy"The Rebels only have one rank: traitor." - Eothain

Kousoku Senkan MoffgouMoff
(id: Moff Yittreas)

posted
11-04-16 04:14 PM
EDT (US)
28 / 38

...Well, despite their appearances being 25 years apart... I definitely think there was some influence.

What was YOUR ME3 ending: Merge with Helios, Illuminati, or Tracer Tong?"I feel like I just watched Dwayne Johnson beat a small disabled child. Except the disabled child is really an infant clone of Hitler. It's so painful to watch...but so glorious." - Cheapy"The Rebels only have one rank: traitor." - Eothain

Emissary of the ProphetsClone Trooper
(id: Admiral Zaarin)

posted
11-04-16 06:08 PM
EDT (US)
30 / 38

To be fair, it was no worse than half the things Burton has had him do, so...yeah.

Zaarin | CreatorofCoruscantLifeSEdeviantArt | New Campaign Coming Soon"But if of ships I now should sing, what ship would come to me,What ship would bear me ever back across so wide a Sea?”"Most forums derails into talking about memes. Here we derail into in-depth discussions about art. I like ours better."--jssf1992